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A forum for Morrissey and The Smiths.
Volume Two, Issue #9
To post to Strangeways, please send mail to Kevin at
[email protected].
Please be sure to put 'Strangeways' somewhere in the Subject line
so that I know what is to be submitted to this list.
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Administrative-type stuff:
1) To obtain the KROQ Morrissey Concert Tape of the
Hammersmith Odeon, email Bob Gaj (
[email protected]).
The tape is 90 minutes.
2) Archives of _Strangeways_ and other useful tidbits
about the Smiths/Morrissey are available via anonymous
FTP to quartz.rutgers.edu. The lyrics and discography
are also contained here. I'm working on updating the
discography and will mail it out in the next issue of
_Strangeways_.
If there are any other questions, please feel free to email me
at the above address. I think that's about it...enjoy.
=K=
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From: Rosenbla <
[email protected]>
Subject: Strangeways
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 92 14:09:03 CST
I just got a great "live import" from Holland dated July 1, 1991.
It has the following songs on it:
Mute Witness
Will Never Marry
Pregnant For The Last Time
Everyday Is Like Sunday
Cosmic Dancer
Disappointed
Our Frank
That's Entertainment
I've Changed My Plea To Guilty
Piccadilly Palare
Sing Your Life
King Lear
Last Of The Famous International Playboys
November Spawned A Monster
Actually, Asian Rut is played before King Lear, but is not
listed on the track list. The cd has great sound and
it's called "Higher Education." Morrissey's back up is
listed as the "Stray Kittens"...is that what they were
called? It's made in Italy and I ordered it from a place called
Vinyl Virus
P.O. Box 1164
7526 U-Weiher
Germany
I got it for just over $18 plus shipping, but you'll probably find
it at your local "live import" dealer for more. If you are interested
in possibly ordering from them, e-mail me. (I'm not affiliated with
Vinyl Virus in any way, but I have access to a catalog.)
Regarding the "Reel Around the Fountain" controversy, I don't
think that it has to do with child molesting, although the first
half of the song's lyrics could be read that way. I always thought
that, as a whole, the song dealt with Morrissey's difficulty with
relationships (with a girlfriend).
Christine
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From: Jarnail Singh Gill <
[email protected]>
Subject: Strangeways: Morrissey on Amnesty program
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 92 16:32:23 PST
A few backs, Muchmusic (Canada's music video station) broadcast the
Amnesty International 30th Aniversary program. At the beginning of the show
we are told it is going to be a 3 hour broadcast, but Muchmusic somehow
managed to cut it down to 1 hour. As a result, we only get about 5 minutes
of each act.
Most of the acts were playing with the house band (headed by David Gilmour),
but Morrissey performed with his own backing band. We only got one song from
him, "Your friends hate it when your successful", and to tell the truth, his
performance seemed rather half hearted. I thought he was great on the Tonight
Show appearance he did in the summer, but he seemed to be lacking something
this time. Anyways, I don't know if anyone saw it in the States, but you
didn't miss much. None of the other acts left much of an impression on me
either. Everything seemed really phoney, and staged. It reminded me of
American Bandstand.
Jerry.
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Date: Sun, 26 Jan 92 13:59:55 -0500
From: Pi <
[email protected]>
Subject: Tiny Bits Of Meat
Here's the concert reiew of Morrissey's 7-8-91 Columbia,MD show as taken from
the Washington Post:
Evaluated in a more objective setting, the music played by Morrissey and his
backing group last Monday at the Merriweather Post Pavilion would probably have
seemed awkward and a little crude; though it provides surprisingly angelic
backing vocals, the singer's new rockabilly band is something of a blunt instru-
ment. In the context of the tremendous enthusiasm demonstrated by the oddball
idol and his admirers, however, the show sounded fine-and sometimes outright
great.
Always adept at revitalizing pop cliches, Morrissey managed to make fresh
such hoary gambits as throwing the tatters of his shredded shirt into the audi-
ence and offering his mike to stage-side fans so they could "Sing Your Life."
More impressively, he managed to construct a solid set without enlisting any
Smiths songs. Supplemented by covers of the New York Dolls' "Trash" and the
Jam's "That's Entertainment," such eccentric singles as "Interesting Drug" sound-
ed first-rate, and as the final encore, "Disappointed" had everything one could
ask of a "How Soon Is Now" surrogate. -Mark Jenkins
Here's the concert cancellation announcement of the Birmingham,AB show as taken
from the Atlanta "Creative Loafing" magazine:
Depressing: Bad news for Atlanta Morrissey fans who were planning on making the
drive to Birming ham for his Nov.22 show there: it's been cancelled due to the
singer's "exhaustion," making this the second time he's used that excuse, disa-
ppointing his southeastern fans - The Smiths sold-out show at the Fox in 1986 was
also axed at the last minute, causing even more distress and depression among the
city's Morrissey followers. Anyone desiring a refund for tickets to the Alabama
Theatre show should call 1-800-277-1700 for more information.
My friend and I were sitting around listening to Joy Division but wondering when
Morrissey would release anything new, and I told my friend "Ian's dead you know,"
and he said "So is Morrissey." Oh well, we'll never learn.
Pi
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From: Jarnail Singh Gill <
[email protected]>
Subject: Strangeways: Johnny Marr
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 92 12:52:22 PST
anyone heard what Johnny Marr is working on these days?
what about Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce? the last i heard of those two
was a few years back when they were touring with Sinead O'Connor
(before her mainstream success).
are there any other guitar players out there?
i've been trying to work out that opening riff in 'suedehead', and i'm
failing miserably. can anybody help?
also, does anybody know of any guitar transcriptions available for
Smiths songs? the only one i have is for "bigmouth", which was
published in "guitar" a couple of years ago. i haven't really been
keeping up with the guitar magazine's lately (most of them are glam metal
bullshit anyways), so i was wondering if any more Marr interviews have
appeared. i've only seen two marr interviews in guitar magazines, in
"guitar" and "guitar player", both in early 1990. Marr is just as bad
as Morrissey when it comes to ripping up other peoples music. in his
two interviews he was really attacking the 'million notes a minute'
guitar players and most of the crap that appears on the cover of
guitar magazines. i applaud him though for staying away from the mud
slinging (aimed at one particular ex-Smith) and sticking to the music.
that's why i prefer the guitar magazine interviews, we learn about the
music without the usual crap music magazines throw in there to make
headlines and sell copies.
by the way, i really hated the Electronic release. i liked his work
with Kristy Macoll though. it would be great if Marr put out a solo
release of instrumental's. i really loved the instrumentals he did
with the Smiths, especially "Ocillate Wildly", which strangely enough,
was the first Smiths song i ever heard.
bye bye,
jerry.
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Date: Fri, 31 Jan 92 1:19:53 EST
From: Bob Gajarsky <
[email protected]>
Subject: questions for strangeways.
a couple questions...
1) what groups originally did "work is a four letter word" and "golden
lights"?
2) does anyone out there have either a morrissey concert from thes tates
with "that's entertainment" and "trash" on it, or a smiths concert
tape from "the queen is dead" tour? will trade for these - i'll
send my list of stuff, smiths and otherwise, that i can trade for
these shows.
also - this is for a friend of mine, and he doesn't have any
videos to trade, but maybe you can work something out with him-
does anyone have a VIDEO of the jones beach show? my friend
hugged morrissey, and wants to get his hands on a copy of the video
- i think he'll pay, as well (though don't quote me on that).
thanks a lot - bob gaj
